When Carlos López talks about "Like Water for Chocolate," the ballet, his eyes look dreamy, and his face starts to change colors. He is proud and can't wait for the audience to see the "magnificent" work his beloved company, the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), will put on stage this July. But behind his emotional reaction, there is more.
For this Spanish ballet maestro, the Repertoire director of the ABT, it's more than the excellence of the staging, the incredible talent of the dancers, or the fact that this is the second season of the ballet inspired by Laura Esquivel's novel. It is the fact that this is a Latino story, recreated in his craft with "great sensibility for the Mexican culture. Every detail has been cared for," he said in an interview with the Latin Times.
